The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1887-02-12
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there discovered CoA ''''o' 'H,urseh. father, \
down under weight ave Of you, SON;
They sprang to h'woLyS%"reweN, Wy Ny
sought to rescue him.. f@sy proke one car
window to get at him, but III vain. They
tried another with the same success linen
they hammered away at the frame OF third,
and this time they got at him. Each got
hold of an arm and pulled and hauled Tor all
they were worth and at last got INN out hgt
not before his legs and body were teartully
burned. the clothes dropping off of him. His
ribs and thigh bones were broken. lie was
laid out upon the ice, and the rescuers hasten
ed to eXtricate other unfortunates. lhey
next came to Maria Sadler, Of Ormstown, L.
o. She was pinned down by the legs by
heavy brokea timbers and was unable to
move. The men got hold Of her and pulled
with all their strength.~-At last they got her
out. but they bIoke'her ankle in doing So.
W. l. Leg, Of Burlington, Vt, says that
L-alSlt five minutes before the accident occur
/ red he left the forward coach and went into
the smoking car, which was . smoking car
! and baggage car combined. lleTe were III
| the ear but three or four others. The first in
! timation that they had of anything wrong was
two or three sharp jerks and then sound as
| if the train had broken apart. The remnant
of the train was stopped when it reached this
side of the bridge, and Lee and Bert Perkins
went back over the bridge and peered down,
Init could not distinguish anything plainly.
They then ran to the opposite end OF the
| bridge, Hhere the enhag kWent is low, and as
they vent they NOTICED that nope at The rails
were broken. The four cars which had par
tally broken through the ice were parity
overturned. Mr.. Lee, on reaching the rear
car, pulled out little boy of about twelve
wears from the wreck, but he was uncon'
scious. David Remillard, Of Brockton,
Mass, who was with them, pulled out boy
Who was dead Mr.. Lee then found lnan
whom he cannot describe who said that he
waS not hurt, but that his foot was caught.
MIR. zee yainly attempted to eXtricate hun,
and the man told him to get lantern M
Ice went for one, and when lie returned the
car WAS enveloped in flames and the untortu
nate man was burned to death. Mr.. Lee
then undertook to release woman, but was
unable TO do so before she was enveloped in
flames. The other laelabers Qf the re9eAHg
narfy had succeeded in taking nqmbef O
The wounded from the wreck, all of whom
were taken back under the bridge. Soon tht
SPREADING of the fire to the bridge rendered
their removal necessary, and they were taker
to houses near by in teams.
, Soon after the accident man was noticed
leaning on the edge of one of the cars ant
calling to his wife, saying: MARY, are you
there " No answer came, and then he lean
, ed back and moaned in his anguish. Whel
Mr.. Lee looked at him again he was gone, an,
il is supposed that he jumped into the wrecl
and persisted with his wife. He thinks Their
we're at least go inigred whom he could no
reach,